2011年1月21日 星期五

117 (A) be all fingers and thumbs (B) have a finger in every pie

Ross

be all fingers and thumbs 笨手笨腳
I
was all fingers and thumbs this morning.
今天上午我笨手笨腳老是出差錯。

have a finger in every pie 多管閒事
She likes to have a finger in every pie and that's why I don't like her.
她愛多管閒事,這也是我不喜歡她的原因

Ben
be all fingers and thumbs 笨手笨腳
I'm all fingers and thumbs when I get nervous.
當我緊張時,我就會笨手笨腳的。

have a finger in every pie 多管閒事
You cannot make a decision on any investment without asking him. He has a finger in every pie.
你不能沒有問濄他就作任何投資決定。他很多管閒事。

Suggestions:
These look good.
More often I hear the shorter phrase "I'm all thumbs" to mean the same thing.
For the second phrase I also hear:
He has a finger in "many" pies.
Kate
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Sue
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2011年1月19日 星期三

116 (A) it's now or never (B) quite a bit/few

Ross

Lets pick up where we left. Ross

It's now or never 勸人保握機會

You have to take this chance. It's now or never.

你一定要保握這個機會,否則就永遠錯過了

quite a bit/ quite a few 不少

Quite a few students were late due to the snow.

不少學生因為下雪而遲到了

Ben
It's now or never 勸人保握機會
The time to make it happen is now! It's now or never!
就是現在!要保握機會!

quite a bit/ quite a few 不少
Quite a few employees lost their jobs this month.
不少員工這個月丟工作。
Heidi
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Kate
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